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Helen Offering To Menelaus The Potion Of Queen Polydamne, by Simon Vouet (17th century)

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This painting, from the workshop of the French artist Simon Vouet (17th century), depicts King Menelaus of Sparta and his wife, Helen, receiving an...

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Abduction Of The Sabine Women, By An Unknown 16th Or 17th Century Artist

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The Opportunistic Italian Rebellion Against The Newly Crowned And Besieged Emperor Leo III Of Constantinople

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In the early 8th century, a decorated warrior and administrative official named Sergios came to be appointed as the Byzantine governor of Constantinople’s imperial...
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The Raucous Rise Of Emperor Leo III

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The future Emperor Leo III of Constantinople (r. 717-741) was born near what is now Kahramanmaraş, Türkiye, and heralded from the Isaurian stock of...

Saint Eligius, By An Unknown 18th Century Artist

The Life Of Emperor Bardanes Philippikos And His Blinding Birthday Surprise

The Ironic Rise, Fall, And Belated Execution Of Leontios

The Fiery Failure Of The 703/704 Armenian Rebellion Against Umayyad Rule

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(Video) The Wild Historical Tale Of Joshua A. Norton—Emperor Of The United States And Protector Of Mexico

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This narrated video essay examines the peculiar life of Joshua Abraham Norton, a merchant who sailed to San Francisco during the Gold Rush. He...

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James Fenimore Cooper

Tapestry – The Elements Series: Water, or Neptune, designed by Charles Le Brun (1619 – 1690) and made by the Manufacture des Gobelins (17th...

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Helen Offering To Menelaus The Potion Of Queen Polydamne, by Simon Vouet (17th century)

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This painting, from the workshop of the French artist Simon Vouet (17th century), depicts King Menelaus of Sparta and his wife, Helen, receiving an...

Abduction Of The Sabine Women, By An Unknown 16th Or 17th Century Artist

Were Music Competitions Once Part Of The Olympic Games?

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A Palace Portrait of Lombard Fashion

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Queen Theudelinda was a Bavarian noblewoman who married into Lombard high society at the turn of the 6th and 7th century. She wed King...

Rome’s Underwhelming First Reaction To Carthage’s First Meddling In Sicily

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Ancient Romans and Carthaginians had known of each other for centuries before they ultimately clashed in the fateful Punic Wars of the 3rd and...

Herodotus

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Herodotus (5th century BCE Greek Historian) "Indeed, I will do anything you bid me; but I will tell you none the less what I think...

Philemon And Baucis, Painted By Rembrandt (c. 1606–1669)

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This dark and earthy painting, by the famous Dutch artist Rembrandt (aka Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1606–1669), was inspired by the Greek myth of...

Pliny The Younger Against Humorless Editors

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Pliny the Younger (c. 61/62-113) was a wealthy Roman lawyer, government official, and general statesman with an impressive network of friends in the empire....

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